Knowledge and Technology

The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday said it will provide $625 million over the next five years for five newly formed quantum information research hubs as it tries to keep ahead of competing nations like China on the emerging technology. The funding is part of $1.2 billion earmarked in …

Tesla energyTesla partners with US utility to build li-ion battery energy storage facility in California PG&E will own the facility at its substation in Moss Landing, California, but the design, construction and maintenance operations will combine efforts by both by the San Francisco-based utility and the battery and electric vehicle …

The Qatar General Electricity and Water Corp (Kahramaa) has installed a 1 MW/4 MWh storage system at its 11 kV Nuaija station. The facility, built in partnership with Qatari conglomerate Al-Attiyah Group and US electric car maker and battery provider Tesla, is intended to store power during peak hours or …

The UK government announced plans to invest, through its Getting Building Fund, in the construction of Europe’s first geothermal lithium recovery pilot plant at a location near Redruth, Cornwall. The public funds will support a £4-million collaboration between Geothermal Engineering (GEL) and Cornish Lithium at GEL’s deep geothermal project, which …

New membrane technology developed by a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, and ExxonMobil could help reduce carbon emissions and energy intensity associated with refining crude oil. Laboratory testing suggests that this polymer membrane technology could replace some conventional heat-based distillation processes in the …

Norway-based Equinor is leading a project to develop one of the UK’s – and the world’s – first at-scale facilities to produce hydrogen from natural gas in combination with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project, called Hydrogen to Humber Saltend (H2H Saltend), provides the beginnings of a decarbonised industrial …

Oil and gas companies have looked beyond their own sector to diversify revenue streams, most notably in power. Now they are using digital technology expertise as another way to build new revenue. Shell and BP are two leading examples. Shell estimates that digital tools will contribute to one-fifth of its …

Project NEO will store green hydrogen using its fuel cell technology to provide round-the-clock electricity supply to the national electric network.

New infrastructure will interconnect up to 700 EVs and in doing so, be capable of providing ultra-fast grid services to the transmission network operator.

While it may seem like the whole world has come to a standstill, NASA is notably continuing to prep for one of the most important missions in recent memory, set to launch on the 27th of May, coinciding with the week of Memorial Day. Riding aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 …